How to Transfer Music to Your SanDisk Sansa MP3 Player

With a desktop computer and the USB cable you can transfer music to your SanDisk Sansa MP3 player. Simply hook the USB cable up to an available USB port and begin dragging music files to the folders of your SanDisk MP3 player.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Free a USB port on your desktop computer. Now, grab the USB cable for your SanDisk Sansa MP3 player and connect the player to your computer.

2. Wait for your computer to find and recognize the player. This may take a few moments. Once you receive a confirmation message, open your computer and scan the icons for the SanDisk MP3 player.

3. Open the SanDisk Sansa MP3 player on your computer. The music files that you currently have saved to the player’s memory are displayed.

4. Open a folder containing music files that is stored in your desktop computer’s memory. Scan the files for songs that you want to transfer to the SanDisk Sansa MP3 player.

5. Left-click on a song file and drag to the SanDisk Sansa window. Drop the file and let your computer complete the transfer. The transferred file appears at the bottom of your music list.

6. Unplug your SanDisk Sansa player from your computer. Turn the player on and allow the file transfer to update to the internal memory of the MP3 player.

Tips & Warnings

• When properly connected, the SanDisk Sansa MP3 player displays a USB Connected message on its LCD screen.
• The music files in the SanDisk Sansa MP3 player will have different icons next to their filenames which will tell the file type at a glance (MPEG, MPEG layer 3 or WMA, for example).
• Some songs feature copyright protection which may interfere with your ability to transfer music to the SanDisk Sansa MP3 player.

[satyanandl]

on 9/13/2009 when i plugged in my sandisk sansa c240 to my computer,iam unable to see the folder to copy the files.i can see the device through media player and can copy the songs,but i cant see the songs in the device.ie my computer is not getting detected my device. please help me,what should i do to copy and play the songs

[nguye715]

on 5/2/2009 I am having problem with adding music into my device. When I do, it encounters a error. I don't know what else to do. HELP??!!!thanks.

[mes217]

on 7/16/2008 everytime i do what i'm suppost to it just pops up as Windows Media Player cannot access the file. The file might be in use, you might not have access to the computer where the file is stored, or your proxy settings might not be correct. What should i do? I have a Sansa SanDisk 2.0 GB MP3